[070] Nath. Sir, I praise the Lord for you: and so may my parishioners; for their sons are well tutored by you, and their daughters profit very greatly under you: you are a good member of the commonwealth.
[074] Hol. Mehercle, if their sons be ingenuous, they shall 075 want no instruction; if their daughters be capable, I will [076] put it to them: but vir sapit qui pauca loquitur; a soul feminine saluteth us.
Enter Jaquenetta and Costard.
[078] Jaq. God give you good morrow, master Parson.
[079] Hol. Master Parson, quasi pers-on. An if one 080 should be pierced, which is the one?
[081] Cost. Marry, master schoolmaster, he that is likest to a hogshead.
[083] Hol. Piercing a hogshead! a good lustre of conceit in a turf of earth; fire enough for a flint, pearl enough for a 085 swine: ’tis pretty; it is well.
[086] Jaq. Good master Parson, be so good as read me this letter: it was given me by Costard, and sent me from Don Armado: I beseech you, read it.
[089] Hol. Fauste, precor gelida quando pecus omne sub 090 umbra Ruminat,—and so forth. Ah, good old Mantuan! I may speak of thee as the traveller doth of Venice;
[092] Venetia, Venetia,